£2—Lancaster Firming. Saturday, October 7,1978
Conservation speaker
(Continued from Pag# 61) would be a way of deciding
how a fanner could qualify
reward the conservation for conservation incentives.
farmer.
The “green ticket” idea can, within its current
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Ida’s
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Ida Risser
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Sometimes it seems as
though life is made up of
“little” things rather than
“big” things. Surely births,
deaths and weddings have
an important place in our
life, but what about the
thousands of days filled with
“little” things.
When these “little” things
become too numerous, then I
reach for a pencil and make
a list of all the undone jobs
that are whirling around in
my head. The other week
was such a time as I listed
some twenty things to be
done that day. Actually, two
of the bigger jobs didn’t get
done until the next day. But
crossing off such things as
changed water on goldfish,
burned trash, sewed on
button, swept porches and
fed cats made me feel as
though I was accomplishing
something. Then I felt more
like tackling the bigger jobs
like vacuuming the four
Arborvitae, White Pine
shed needles naturally
FLEMINGTON, N.J. -
Don’t worry if the inside
needles of your white pine
and arborvitae trees turn
brown and drop off because
it’s a normal occurence,
says Robert E. Schutzki of
the New Jersey Cooperative
Extension Service. '
The dropping of new green
Each conservation district
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bedrooms, doing the week’s
wash, ironing and canning
plums.
I even found time to clip
some articles from the
newspaper for my children,
who don’t live at home and to
husk the basket of popcorn
which I grew this year. As
the list narrowed down to a
few items, I realized that the
swiss chard would have to be
frozen another day and that I
couldn’t possibly pick the
grapes and make juice and
jelly until the next day
either.
In fact one item was “hoe
garden”, and that is one that
I’ve decided does not even
need to be done. I’ll just pull
a few weeds here and there
as I gather the vegetables
and let the rest take care of
themselves. One of the joys
of Fall is the gathering of the
eighteen vegetables tliat are
stdl growing in my garden
and reaping the harvest of
all my hard work..
needles is a different story-
This could be caused by
damage by insects, too little
light, air pollution or a need
for extra food.
Evergreen needles should
be left where they fall. They
provide an excellent mulch
for both Winter and Sum
mer.
authorities under state law,
establish minimum stan
dards for proper consevation
treatment, based on the soil
type and other factors, for
each type of land use
common in the district.
Districts now enter into
cooperatiove agreements
with land users wherein the
land user agrees to carry on
a conservation program and
the district agrees to provide
assistance as available. The
logical next step is for the
district and cooperator to
agree on thetype of con
servation system needed and
feasible on the cooperator’s
•land, and establish a method
of annual reporting on that
system.
He continued on the
subject, telling that farmers
who volunteer to cooperate
in the program would be
issued a “green ticket” each
year upon the district’s
determination that the
conservation agreement was
being upheld by the land
user. Tbs “ticket” would
serve to qualify the farmer
for the conservation in
centives.
Spray lilacs for mildew
FLEMINGTON, N.J. -
This has been a bad year for
powdery mildew disease on
Mac bushes, says Robert
Schutzki, County Extension
Agent, New Jersey.
The disease makes the
leaves roll and turn gray.
Unroll a leaf and you’ll see a
white surface.
Look closely, suggests Mr. 1
Schutzki and you’ll see many
tiny black dots. These are
bundles of spores or
microscopic seeds of
powdery mildew.
You’ll waste your time
spraying now, he says. But if
you’d like to control the
disease next year, try one of
He further stated what he
thought might be some ideas
of what the incentives might
be.
One possibility is the
USDA Crop Insurance
Program. There is a new
proppsal in Congress that
would base insurance rates
on the actual risk incurred
by each farmer. Con
servation farmers incur less
risk by using the land within
its capabilities, so they sould
pay lower premiums.
Federal icome tax credits
would be another incentive.
These would be particularly
helpful in years when farm
prices are up and there is the
temptation to bring un
suitable land into produc
tion.
Price support programs
could have a price bonus and
the «USDA farm loan
programs could have an
interest rate differential. Air
and water pollution
programs could recognize
green ticket farmers as
having met the
requirements for pollutioon
control.
He summed up his speech
by telling that the Con
servation Districts are going
to be challenged in the future
to assume responsibility and
to take care of the needs. The
the benomyl products. The
spray should be applied
during July and August at 2-
week intervals.
Even if you don’t spray,
.you’ll get flowers every
year, because this leaf
disease does not show up
until later in the Summer.
Leaves become infected
early in the Summer, but
don’t curl until fall.
For more information on
the control of this disease aS
well as other diseases in the
garden ask -your
county'agricultural agent for
the Extension Leaflet 328-F,
“Tree, Shrub and Flower
Pest Control.”
future conservation policies
will depend on the com
mitment of the people, the
state commitment, and the
federal government com
mitment, as well as the
understanding and support
of the programs.
Afterwards he was
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